LSU's Mason Katz (8) hits a home run while UCLA catcher Shane Zeile watches in the College World Series last season. UCLA won, 2-1.

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In college baseball, one cannot just yell, "Omaha," and throw a touchdown pass like Denver Broncos' quarterback Peyton Manning.

It is an arduous, tedious and long process between Feb. 1 and the ides of June when the College World Series starts in Omaha, Neb. For example, it took LSU a week just to complete its Media Day, which was first scheduled for Friday a week ago, then Wednesday with both being postponed by separate ice storms.

"In baseball, we have three strikes," LSU coach Paul Mainieri said Friday at Media Day. "It is crazy what we have been dealing with in this last week." ...